On Sunday, April 19, 2009 the First Baptist Church (FBC) of Emporia, VA dedicated its new youth center. The center will provide much needed space for the church youth, as well as the First Baptist Christian Academy, Approved Workmen Are Not Ashamed (AWANA) Program and the youth of the community in general. At the ribbon-cutting ceremony Mark Yeattes, Chairman of Deacons, and Jeff Robinson, Chairman of the Long Range Planning Committee, had the honor of cutting the ribbon and formally dedicating the center.